‘The Death of the Leviathan’ by Adam Sedia The Society August 31, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 8 Comments . The Death of the Leviathan The monster finally meets its doom: Sound out the death-knell, light the pyre! The depths are ready for its tomb--- Now...
‘The Shade Tree’ and Other Poetry by Adam Wasem The Society August 31, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . The Shade Tree While out for a walk with my toddler, late, In the city I have come to hate, But where I am compelled to stay By my and his...
The 22 Best Haiku of 2022 The Society August 30, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests 30 Comments . The 22 Best Haiku of 2022 Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2022 Haiku Competition Judged by Margaret Coats (see her...
‘Requiem for Eurydice’ by Mary Virginia Vietor The Society August 29, 2022 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 10 Comments . Requiem for Eurydice The sunlight dims before my eyes, __My fingertips lose yours, And as my whispered farewell flies, __The last crescendo...
‘The Grieving of Autumn’ by Peggy Everett The Society August 28, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . The Grieving of Autumn Be tender toward your own yearnings, When the grieving of autumn returns. When the brown leaves are piled for their...
‘A Villanelle for Robert Hoogland’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society August 27, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle 32 Comments . A Villanelle for Robert Hoogland Hoogland was imprisoned for calling his daughter female Their mouths are gagged, their hands are bound; Their...
‘Ode to Poets of the Past’ by Joe Kidd The Society August 26, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Ode to Poets of the Past I do agree with the sights__that I have seen:the warm and comfortable steps__where love has been and with the sounds of...
A Conceit or Just a Similitude? Two Brief Illustrations from Sir John Suckling, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society August 25, 2022 Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . A Conceit or Just a Similitude? Two Brief Illustrations from Sir John Suckling by Joseph S. Salemi One of the earliest things one learns in poetry...
‘Not the Third Reich… Yet’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society August 25, 2022 Culture, Poetry 34 Comments . Not the Third Reich... Yet It makes me burn to hear the left berate Good policy and leaders they dislike With claims the U.S. is a fascist...
On Insects and Worms for Food: ‘Snub the Grub’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 24, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 61 Comments . Snub the Grub upon reading news of a beetle burger, The Daily Mail, August 24, 2022 I scan the menu (a la carte) To find that I can take no...
‘Daedalus’ and Other Poetry by Morrison Handley-Schachler The Society August 24, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 7 Comments . Daedalus Icarus, you have disobeyed, As all men do, and dearly paid. Too recklessly your heart did fly Between high seas and louring sky. The wings...
‘An Old Man’s Wallet’ and Other Poetry by LaVern Spencer McCarthy The Society August 23, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . An Old Man's Wallet His wallet holds the scraps of yesterday with faded photos dearest to his heart; A raffle ticket, notice of a play attended...
‘Poetry Lessons’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 22, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Poetry Lessons The poet said he’d show and never tell--- His imagery would mesmerize and blaze. In quatrains laced with Aphrodite’s...
‘Thank You Note from An Assisted Living Facility’ and Other Poetry on Aging by Roy E. Peterson The Society August 22, 2022 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Thank You Note from an Assisted Living Facility Thank you for the Happy Birthday. Never thought I'd live this long. Though my hair is turning...
‘On Rainy Nights’ by Janice Canerdy The Society August 21, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau 14 Comments . On Rainy Nights On rainy nights, in pensive thought, I claim the respite I have sought but seldom found on sunny days. Cool drops soothe more than...
‘Ruby Jubilee’ by Margaret Coats The Society August 21, 2022 Beauty, Chant Royal, Love Poems, Poetry 47 Comments . Ruby Jubilee We’ve made a grand tour of exuberance, Repeated as our hearts reverberate, Imagining abodes where we might dwell For seasons long...
‘Vital Signs’ by Jeffrey Essmann The Society August 20, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments . I. My body heat is at a modicum: Say, ninety-eight point two or one or so. Foreboding naught particularly glum Except a disposition to succumb To...
Five Poems for My Mother, by James A. Tweedie The Society August 19, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Five Poems for My Mother by James A. Tweedie Poet’s Note: My mother, Marjorie Schlatter Tweedie, passed away on June 18 at the age of 101. She...
‘There Is No God?’ by Michael Charles Maibach The Society August 19, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 22 Comments . There Is No God? “There is no God,” Some men do say. This doubt, some voice, And claim this day. If God is myth Who gave us eyes? Who gave us...
‘Un-Justice Merrick Garland’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society August 18, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . Un-Justice Merrick Garland “Garland is a moderate,” Obama swore, We all can see his moderation now--- The Trump raid tactics never used...
‘Chitchat’ by Norma Pain The Society August 18, 2022 Humor, Poetry 33 Comments . Chitchat If only I could find a man, I’m lonely since Sebastian, That loser, left me for another. Still, I didn’t like his mother Anyway, so no...
Persia, Ferdowsi, and the Shahnameh: An Essay by Adam Sedia The Society August 17, 2022 Culture, Epic, Essays, Poetry, Rubaiyat 3 Comments . POEMS THAT BUILT A NATION PART II. Persia, Ferdowsi, and the Shahnameh by Adam Sedia A previous essay highlighted how the Finnish national epic...
‘Persistence’ by David L. Williams The Society August 17, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments . Persistence It seems when flies get in from the outside, They never find how to get out again; Instead they only buzz around and hide, A game that...
‘A Stranger in Your Land’ by Damian Robin, After Dimash Qudaibergen The Society August 16, 2022 Beauty, Music, Poetry 12 Comments . A Stranger in Your Land after Dimash Qudaibergen’s song “Stranger” A lonely stranger in your land__where you are strange to me,underfoot,...
‘An Anti-Evolution Song’ by Evan Mantyk The Society August 15, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science 31 Comments . An Anti-Evolution Song Evolution Is False. God Is True. inspired by the writings of Zhang Tianliang How probable is it, however you spin it, __That...
‘Images of Darwin, post-1859’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society August 15, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Satire 13 Comments . Images of Darwin, Post-1859 1859: The year the ponderously titled On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of...
A Poem for Salman Rushdie: ‘Mightier Than the Sword?’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 14, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 49 Comments . Mightier Than the Sword? His Eighties searing splash of fiery ink Scorched the skin of those who won’t allow The flare of feisty words. His...
‘As Day Transitions to Night’ by Alexander Lazarus Wolff The Society August 14, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 5 Comments . As Day Transitions to Night for "JD" and Margaret Coats There is none of the daylight’s verve— __no ripples of the sun in the brook streaming...
‘Lament of the Little White Horse’ by Paul Fort, Translated by Joshua C. Frank The Society August 13, 2022 Beauty, Music, Poetry, Translation 11 Comments . Lament of the Little White Horse by Paul Fort (1872-1960) Translated by Joshua C. Frank The little horse in the weather so dread, What courage he...
A Poem on Taxes: ‘Give and Take’ by Norma Pain The Society August 12, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . Give and Take Mr. Taxman, you’re a peach, Fill your pockets we beseech. Having money is a curse, Please take freely from our purse. We may catch...
‘My No-Show Foes’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 11, 2022 Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . My No-Show Foes I whet my blade, anticipating mayhem. My enemies just whet their appetite On what they hope my manager will pay them For throwing...
‘Lullaby of New Mexico’ by Brian Yapko The Society August 11, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 33 Comments . Lullaby of New Mexico Duerme mijo---sleep my weary child As we drive south upon the interstate. My side-eye checks on you, my tired you. My...
‘Byrd in Flight’ and ‘Summer Sunday Baroque’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society August 10, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 24 Comments . Byrd in Flight The surplice-vested, five-part choir, Like sparrows on a five-tiered wire, Gives flight to canticles of Byrd. The flocks of...
‘Non Existent’ and Other Poetry by Gary Borck The Society August 9, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Shakespeare 12 Comments . . Non Existent One day my body disappeared, __nor could I touch or taste, but I could feel the flood of tears __that filled my missing face. My...
‘Awake’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 8, 2022 Culture, Poetry 36 Comments . Awake At night I quake and lie awake in bed. My racing mind likes pacing to and fro. My thoughts, they peck and caw just...
‘Tapestry’ by Mary Gardner The Society August 8, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 22 Comments . Tapestry My grandfather Evangelos did trading with the Turks Of pipes and hookahs, hash, and cloths, and skillful carpet-works. A tapestry he gave...
Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891), Translated by Margaret Coats The Society August 7, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondel, Translation, Triolet 21 Comments . Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891) translated by Margaret Coats The Velocipede Half brain, and half a pair of wheels, Transcending...
‘Some Mornings’ by Jeffrey Essmann The Society August 6, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Some Mornings Some mornings it’s just tough to find that place, That slippery perspective where I view The world as not entirely unbraced From...
‘Byron Swims the Hellespont’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society August 6, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 43 Comments . Byron Swims the Hellespont On May 9, 1810, Lord Byron swam across the Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos to duplicate the legendary back-and-forth...
Five Love Sonnets by Daniel Joseph Howard The Society August 5, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 7 Comments . Forsake Me Now Forsake me now, and say your last farewell While my misfortune’s in its full career, By circumstances forced to part from...
